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=                       HMS Frederick William                        =
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HMS 'Frederick William' was an 86-gun screw-propelled first-rate ship
of the line of the Royal Navy.

She was initially ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard on 12 September
1833 as a 110-gun 'Queen'-class ship of the line, under the name HMS
'Royal Sovereign'. The order was suspended on 7 May 1834, but was
later renewed, this time under the name HMS 'Royal Frederick', a
change in name which took place on 12 April 1839. She was laid down on
1 July 1841, but work commenced slowly, and on 29 June 1848 she was
re-ordered to a modification of the 'Queen'-class design, still
powered by sails alone. The order for the still unfinished ship was
again modified on 28 February 1857, when it was ordered that she be
completed as an 86-gun screw battleship. Conversion work began on 28
May 1859, and the ship was renamed HMS 'Frederick William' on 28
January 1860, shortly before her launch on 24 March that year. She was
completed in June 1860.

From 1 July to 31 December 1864, she served as a Coast Guard Service
Home Station, at Portland, replacing . On 19 October 1876 she was
renamed as 'Worcester', to take on a new role as a training ship at
Greenhithe for the Thames Nautical Training College. She fulfilled
this role until her sale in July 1948. She foundered in the River
Thames on 30 August 1948. She was raised in May 1953 and was broken
up.


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